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dy⋅na⋅mite

  [dahy-nuh-mahyt] noun, verb, -mit⋅ed, -mit⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
2. any person or thing having a spectacular effect.
–verb (used with object)
3. to blow up, shatter, or destroy with dynamite: Saboteurs dynamited the dam.
4. to mine or charge with dynamite.
–adjective
5. Informal. creating a spectacular or optimum effect; great; topnotch: a dynamite idea; a dynamite crew.
Origin:
1867; < Sw dynamit, introduced by A. B. Nobel, its inventor; see dynam-, -ite 1

Related forms:
dy⋅na⋅mit⋅er, noun
dy⋅na⋅mit⋅ic  [dahy-nuh-mit-ik] , adjective
dy⋅na⋅mit⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Slang Dictionary
dynamite

  1. n.
    anything potentially powerful: a drug, news, a person. : The story about the scandal was dynamite and kept selling papers for a month.
  2. mod.
    excellent; powerful. : I want some more of your dynamite enchiladas, please.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dynamite 
1867, from Sw. dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Sw. chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-96), from Gk. dynamis "power." Fig. sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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